Using CHAINS, a QuickBASIC 4.5 Program, to Teach Single-Subject Experimentation with Humans

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-288

  Dermer, Marshall Lev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 10044279273     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328023top3104_9     Document Type: Article

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